Josh Williams

Josh leads the Brokerage & Advisory Division for HVS Americas in the southeastern United States. He advises both private equity investors as well as institutional clients on hotel transactions of all classes and sizes, from independent limited-service hotels to full-service and select-service portfolios with a focus in the southeast. With nearly two decades of investment sales experience, Josh has participated in over 260 hotel transactions with an aggregate value of $2.2 Billion. HVS is the preeminent global hospitality advisory firm. Josh’s extensive and long-term industry relationships, together with HVS’s extensive market intelligence, help to maximize value for each of his clients. He consistently identifies ways to get deals executed, despite potential obstacles. Josh is well versed in like-kind exchanges, lender requirements and dynamics, franchise negotiations, general diligence, and distressed deal management. Josh is supported by a team of highly experienced HVS professionals for each transaction, which results with an exceptionally high level of execution quality and closing rate on transactions that actively execute to contract. Before joining the HVS Americas Brokerage & Advisory Division, Josh was First Vice President and Director of the National Hospitality Group at Marcus & Millichap, where he executed hotel transactions in the southeastern United States. He was also co-founder and Senior Managing Director for Paramount Lodging Advisors. Josh joined the hotel brokerage and advisory business with a hotel operations background where he previously held senior management positions with both Hilton Hotels and Forte Hotels. He has also spoken on panels at industry conferences and even invests in hotels personally. His personal hotel investment background combined with his extensive brokerage background offers him a very unique and in-depth perspective on hotel transactions. If you are considering buying or selling a hotel, please contact Josh to discuss your interest and needs. The HVS team provides nationwide reach across a breadth of hospitality services. Contact information: +1 (843) 324-5301 Mobile jwilliams@hvs.com Specialties: Investment Sales | Hotel Broker | Hospitality Consulting | Brokerage Advisory | Contract Negotiation | Hotel Valuation | Hospitality Investment Search | Capital Markets | Debt & Equity Financing | Broker Opinion of Value (BOV)

• Specialties
  Investment Sales Broker
• Languages
  English
• Markets
  Atlanta, Boston, Jacksonville (Florida), Hartford, Raleigh/Durham, South Florida, Southwest Florida, Charleston WV, Charleston/N Charleston, Columbia, Lexington/Fayette, Savannah
• Property Types
  Hospitality
• Websites
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• Company Website
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• Education
  University of Georgia